After seven years away, a famous name in dry bulk is returning to Singapore.

Keith Denholm is leaving the US where he has been based throughout this decade for his old stomping ground in Southeast Asia where he is taking up the position of managing director for Norwegian broker Lorentzen & Stemoco’s Singapore operations.

Denholm, part of the famous Scottish shipowning family and still a director at J&J Denholm, told Splash: “It is an opportune time to return just as dry bulk looks like it is recovering.”

Oslo-headquartered Lorentzen & Stemoco has had a presence in Singapore since 1986. Other offices around the world include Athens, Hong Kong, London, New York and Shanghai.

Denholm was in Singapore from 2000 to 2010, working for Robert Kuok’s dry bulk lines, Pacific Carriers and Malaysian Bulk Carriers. After that he headed to the US to join Eagle Bulk before a near-six year stint as head of freight trading at Castleton Commodities International, formerly Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy.

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Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.